garyknrd: I suggest the readers that want the 7D II to read this: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Photography-Tips/canon-eos-dslr-autofocus-explained.aspx

It explains the AF systems very nicely and is easy to understand. Marketing and the interviewers are driving this camera to unrealistic expectations. In Canons marketing I understand ( sales ). But for a reviewer to compare it to the 1Dx and then ask Canon? VERY misleading and untrue.

Why not take the new PDF explaining the 7DII autofocus in depth:http://www.brochures.canon-europe.com/getFile.php?productid=9090&languageid=-111

Peter CS: For those of us who shoot a lot of video...We will respectfully disagree about trading better weathersealing for the lack of a swivel screen with touchscreen features. I am 6'3", not terribly agile, and have no urge to constantly shoot from that height, using a magnifier etc., whereas with the swivel screen on my 70D, I can get all kinds of more interesting high and low perspectives with very basic cages, supports, etc. Also, have not seen very many great videos shot in pouring rainsandstorms, or heavy snow, and so I see the extra weathersealing vs. swivelscreen/touchscreen trade-off as a non-starter.. unless maybe if I could shoot low from a dolly, but then I could also likely afford the 1c too!

Well tough luck, then that camera just isn't the right tool for you.I wouldn't ever buy a camera with a swivel screen because I hate the foul compromises that feature brings with it - so I would never ever consider the 70D for me...

MediaDigitalVideo: Like the brochure of the 7D Mk II with that crossmotor. That frontwheel is standing "still". You don't see the rotationspeed in a blur effect. Welldone. Dear Canon, the 7D is the last one i bought from you. Sleep well.

Have you even looked at the photo? The front wheel is standing still because it is motionless - as the cycle has just braked hard on the sand which threw up the sand fountain.

Hm, which camera would that be that has 65 cross type AF points, 10 fps, rugged build, flicker syncrhonisation? You are just envious because your system isn't even close to ever releasing such a beast...

jamesm007: The myth mirrorless fans like to say... That during hi-speed sport shooting the OVF blacks out. Well not true in the way its stated. You don't lose sight of the object your tracking!. I put my camera to 7fps, the shutter to 1/300, there is barely a split second black out for 24 frames. You could see much more than you could not see, because the frame rate is high enough to make it look smooth to the eye. Even allowing for the mirror going up. Try it. Tracking is smooth you never lose the subject to black out. Unless your shooting at 1/15 then there may be. But at that speed your probably not shooting sports or even kids playing.

@viking79 - The viewfinder blackout on the 7D was 100ms, which left 0.025 seconds between each shot - which happens to be absolutely fine to track. The 7DII will have a shorter viewfinder blackout time to accomodate the 10 fps - and the ability to make a focus measurement between shots.

mmcfine: If you don't like it don't buy it! If you like photography first have something interesting to photograph, use the best (interesting) lens you can get, know how to post-process using RAW. Then you can buy a $200 used Rebel or $3000 5D, it won't make a massive different.

@armandino: I wish I could give you +1000 like clicks. You nailed that one!

DarkShift: Canon seems to be stuck too much with their old design of controls and interface. Not much improvements in this regard.

The thumbwheel position is not very good for controlling aperture or shutterspeed. It moves too easily by accident if not locked. Not good position for left eye dominant shooter either. Very disturbing.

I don't quite understand why they can't add control wheel to upper right of their bodies like every other manufacturer.

@Dougbm_2: Maybe you should watch the video by Scott Kelby why he switched to Canon - he switched partly because of the ease of image review with the thumb wheel...

bronxbombers4: I guess it's basically the 5 series where they introduce the top video revolutions so I guess the 4k missing from 7D2 isn't that unexpected.

The AF/fps/UI/stills body performance specs are all 100% top notch, no hold back of any of that stuff at all for once. That stuff is all hitting a grand slam.

Sensor is a bit old for low ISO DR, although that's not the single most critical thing for a 7 class body. 4k video missing, but again, hopefully that is for a 5D4 next year. Although with NX1 and everything new aside from the Nikon having 4k it does seem a bit Canon-like to have held that back.

The AF and fps and such should be awesome, certainly nothing else in the class appears to come close to the AF.

The Samsung has a garbage sensor that cant keep up the A/D conversion at full speed - it drops from 14 bit A/D conversion to 12 bit A/D conversion. Thus it will generate widely varying image quality just by switching from one shot to continuous shooting.

PVCdroid: "Wishes have been granted in a big way"? DPReview could at least be honest about this camera. I'd be furious if Canon were my preferred brand.

A multi layer sensor was never in the cards - they are too bad and too specialized to be used in a high end DSLR. They may have their place in medical equipment (especially with the UV and IR layers that Canon has listed in it's patent - but you must be smoking very heavy stuff to even think that it was something for the 7DII...

Photato: For a camera that is supposed to remain relevant for the next 5 years this is disappointing.

I was expecting:

-Much better image quality either by using larger pixels or a more revolutionary sensor to allow faster shutter speeds.-Better Video specification like full sensor readout for movie mode, professional grade encoding 4:2:2. Faster FPS and more choices in resolutions.-RF flash control.-Articulated screen (Despite the weather seals challenges)-Touch Screen. It has interesting professional uses.-Many other creative solutions that are expected from a "leading" camera company.

The 7DII should be a capable camera but in my opinion Canon came short of what could have been an exciting camera that at least matched photographers expectations in 2014.

The 7DII isn't a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none. It's not the toy for HDR maniacs, it's an action DSLR - and as such it doesn't need the gimmicks, especially not if they would reduce usability like it happened with the 60D or 70D.

James Booba: As a 7D owner the 7DII is for me the reason to say goodbye to this company for a while (after 16 years).

Better ask how far the image quality on the Samsung drops when enabling the continuous shooting - as then the A/D conversion drops from 14 bit to 12 bit - like on most of the recent Sony sensors. Just that Sony masks this blunder by using a lossy compression scheme which always loses most of the advantage the 14 bit A/D conversion delivers in the compression scheme..